Spinal cord injury caused by gunshot wounds: The cost of rehabilitation

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 408, Issue , 2003, Pages 145-151

  Smith, Winston ^a   Simmonds, John O ^a   Alam, Zohair S ^a   Grant, Richard E ^a,b  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DePaul Building   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FIREARM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 0037338538     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-200303000-00017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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